This morning I answered a thread to a new nurse who had chosen to go into the OR and was receiving a little flak from her nurse friends because they felt it wasn't real nursing. I got to thinking about it and all the different nursing positions I ha...
Hello folks - I haven't posted in a while due to moving and trying to finish my degree. I just wanted to post that I left the OR and am now managing the Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic with the College of Dentistry at my university. I've been try...
orrnlori replied to Chrislynn2003's topic in Operating Room
This is one of the funniest things I've read in a long long time. I'll have to watch for the surgeon that runs around begging a scrub tech to help them. What a hoot! :rotfl:
Wow - I guess it depends on the area of the country you practice in. We staple quite a bit. But when I'm scrubbed, I always insist on removing the staples myself so they are removed correctly. When done right, you can rarely see marks bigger than...
We train nurses to be laser nurses at the hospital where I work but the nurse is not the one who uses the laser, she just turns it on and tests it and does the paperwork so I'm not sure what it is that you are looking for. Plastic/cosmetic surgery i...
I'm off to grad school too. But not everyone who goes to grad school agrees with this. And the message is lost in the tone and words big time here. If you want more nurses to agree with your thinking, you need to use language that doesn't alienat...
I totally agree. I'm not touchy feely either but found my niche and I'm very glad there are nurses who have what I don't have. It's good you've found that the PA position is for you, but you have to realize that most people who go into nursing know...
This is really a relative question and you have to define what a good income is. If you are willing to put in the overtime you can make some real good money. If you have a life outside work (like I do, 36 hours a week is enough of that place for m...
You can do it. I was 39 and had never ever had any sciences or math at the college level when I started in school. I was strictly a banker/business woman for 20 years when I took my first class. I took a heck of a cut in pay to become a nurse. An...
Okay, I've been trying for nearly ten years to really understand what is meant by "critical thinking". I've yet to find a definition that clearly explains it or why everyone uses the term as though it only relates to nursing. All professions use cr...
Oh, I see. We only generalize when it's to our benefit, such as this degree will make everything rosey for everyone. Okay, I didn't know the rules here. Sorry for the post.
Okay, so I guess no one can write effectively or speak correctly unless they've completed 4 years of college? Puuuullllease! I was an Assistant Vice President at several banks, wrote extensively (memos to manuals) and was use to speaking before gro...
Doctor's wives can be some of the b*tchiest females in the world. I don't think I'd consider working for a doctor that is in partnership with his wife. If your little voice says this isn't the job for you then follow that intuition. It's usually t...
Lots of positives. I would ask if the surgery center is surgeon owned or not. The one negative I will tell you is that in surgery, as far as the surgeons go, no one can ever do it well enough or fast enough for them. The nurses will run at a dead ...
There's no extra pay where I work for all the different certifications and continuing education out there, although my hospital will pay for some of the national certifications if you pass.
The PhD trumps them all. A PhD requires a thorough and definative dissertation on a topic never covered before. It's original work that takes several years to complete and can run into hundreds of pages. And it must be thoroughly defended to a com...
Again, excellent post. I agree. Why is it that only the education in a nursing bachelor's degree valid? There's a multitude of degrees and higher college education (and that's what the most recent posters for the BSN have been arguing, the need f...
Excellent response. I agree with you 100%. I am finishing a bachelor's degree this summer, but it's NOT a BSN because a BSN will get me nowhere outside of my hospital. But it WILL get me into my MSN program (it's amazing, I've found a master's pro...